Netherlands-Denmark live blog

Mostly because I work at night, there are few things that will get me up at 7:30 a.m. but here I am.

I picked the Dutch to win in my ESPN bracket so I expect big things from the Orange Crush. Today is their first game vs. Denmark in Group E.

Here are the starting 11's: note that Arjen Robben is sitting out with his hamstring injury (boo!).

Netherlands Lineup
G
1Maarten Stekelenburg
CD-L
4Joris Mathijsen
CD-R
3John Heitinga
LB
5Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
RB
2Gregory Van Der Wiel
LM
8Nigel De Jong
RM
6Mark Van Bommel
F
9Robin Van Persie
RCF
10Wesley Sneijder
AM-L
23Rafael Van der Vaart
AM-R
7Dirk Kuyt

Denmark Lineup
G
1Thomas Sorensen
CD-L
4Daniel Agger
CD-R
3Simon Kjaer
LB
15Simon Poulsen
RB
6Lars Jacobsen
CM-L
10Martin Jorgensen
CM-R
2Christian Poulsen
LM
20Thomas Enevoldsen
RM
19Dennis Rommedahl
F
11Nicklas Bendtner
RCF
12Thomas Kahlenberg

0-0 in the 12th minute in the first ever meeting between these two European teams.